A multicenter randomized controlled trial of tonsillectomy combined with steroid pulse therapy in patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy

Tadao Kawamura, Michihiro Yoshimura, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki, +28

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

A histologic classification of IgA nephropathy for predicting long-term prognosis: emphasis on end-stage renal disease

Tetsuya Kawamura, Kensuke Joh, Hideo Okonogi, +18

Journal of Nephrology

TNP-470, an angiogenesis inhibitor, suppresses the progression of peritoneal fibrosis in mouse experimental model

Yoko Yoshio, Masanobu Miyazaki, Katsushige Abe, +7

Kidney International

InflammationFibrosisAngiogenesisAngiogenesis InhibitorEndothelial Dysfunction +8

Antisense oligonucleotides against collagen-binding stress protein HSP47 suppress peritoneal fibrosis in rats

Tomoya Nishino, Masanobu Miyazaki, Katsushige Abe, +6

Kidney International

InflammationFibrosisAutoimmune DiseaseImmunologyCell Death +9

Unexpected Transcriptional Induction of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1 by Proteasome Inhibition: Involvement of the c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase-Activator Protein 1 Pathway

Kenji Nakayama, Akira Furusu, Qihe Xu, +2

The Journal of Immunology

Suppression of Renal Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis by Small Interfering RNA Targeting Heat Shock Protein 47

Zhiyin Xia, Katsushige Abe, Akira Furusu, +5

American Journal of Nephrology

Cellular defense against H2O2-induced apoptosis via MAP kinase–MKP-1 pathway

Qihe Xu, Tsuneo Konta, Kenji Nakayama, +7

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Signal TransductionSignaling PathwayMedicineApoptosisCell Death +4

Enhanced expression of complement C5a receptor mRNA in human diseased kidney assessed by in situ hybridization

Katsushige Abe, Masanobu Miyazaki, Takehiko Koji, +7

Kidney International

Complement SystemAutoimmune DiseaseRenal PathologyImmunologyAutoimmunity +6

Detection of nuclear factor-κB in IgA nephropathy using Southwestern histochemistry

Mamiko Ashizawa, Masanobu Miyazaki, Katsushige Abe, +7

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

GlomerulonephritisNuclear Factor-κbMedicineRenal PathologyIga Glomerulonephritis +7

Transcriptional Induction of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Phosphatase 1 by Retinoids

Qihe Xu, Tsuneo Konta, Akira Furusu, +4

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Retinoic Acid ReceptorJnk InhibitionApoptosisImmunologyCell Death +14